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On 5/28/15, Lodewijk andré de la porte <[email protected]> wrote:
> Capacity to earn
> currency is the great selector,
-a- great selector
-the- current great selector
Our language can shape our thinking - the reason I comment here, not
to be picky. And on that note, I'm sure you can come up with even
"better" variations on the phrase.
> but in an economic reality detached from reality by
> countless systems and arbitrary human judgement, the
> selector is detached and arbitrary too.
Detached yes. Arbitrary in some sense, but certainly not absolutely.
> It is well imaginable that ownership and currency are ineffective;
Don't agree with that. Sub-optimal for certain "desired outcomes" perhaps.
> but it is so ingrained in society
> that we never consider it anymore.
s/never/don't often/
s/consider it/challenge it/
> Possessiveness is human, and the human being is
> not calibrated for today's society.
This sounds potentially very interesting. A concept on the tip of my
mind but can't quite get. Please elaborate here if you will.
> There's that familiar senseless anger again.
> Why do you do that? Where does
> it help you go? Can you control it?
These are good questions. I can relate with them for myself. Thank you
for patiently asking.
Regards
Zenaan